On June 5-7, Councilman Val Snider will join 100 fellow Coloradans at the 2013 Colorado Capital Conference in Washington, D.C. The event, hosted by Sen. Mark Udall, Colorado Mesa University and the University of Colorado, is aimed at connecting Coloradans with national leaders and influential public figures.

This year's speakers include:

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz

Undersecretary of Education Martha J. Kanter

Undersecretary of Agriculture Darci Vetter

Assistant Defense Secretary Sharon Burke

Charlie Cook, editor of the Cook Political Report

Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers

Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

David Rejeski, director of the Science and Technology Innovation Program at the Wilson Center

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.)

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming)

Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona)

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota)

Former Sen. Timothy E. Wirth (D-Colo.)

“I am honored to be attending the Colorado Capital Conference and look forward to working together and sharing insights with my fellow Coloradans,” stated Councilman Val Snider.